Disgraced former lawyer Clementine Jones is on the shores of paradise – Queensland’s Great Sandy Straits – trying to outrun her past.

Bored with her house-sitting gig, she becomes a reluctant recruit to the local environmental group, campaigning to save an endangered turtle as developers close in. Then a body is found at the base of a quarry, and Clem’s world is turned upside down.

The police say suicide. Clem’s convinced it was murder. She also knows she’s the only one interested in tracking down the killer.

Well, the only other apart from her friend Torrens, ex-con and reformed stand-over man. And he’s got his own fight on his hands.

Join Sarah Thornton as she discusses her latest book, White Throat.

Presented as part of the Lord Mayor's Writers in Residence series.

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